A $5 million room renovation project at the Tuscany is almost complete.
The two-year project refreshed the off-Strip hotel and casino’s 716 suites with new furniture, carpeting and tile, paint, baseboards and bathroom vanities. Showers will be updated through the end of the year with new plumbing fixtures and marble.
“We are an all-suite property, so I think we have a unique property in respect to the size of our rooms, and we wanted a fresh contemporary” look, Tuscany owner Brett Heers said. “We did something that we think will be competitive.”
Heers said he's wanted to renovate the rooms for the past eight years but didn’t pull the trigger until after he became the property’s full owner two years ago. It’s the first time since the Tuscany opened in 2002 that the rooms have received a total makeover, he said.
“We recently had everything fall into place, and now everything is finished and we’re really excited about that,” Heers said.
Additionally, many other parts of the 16-year-old property have been upgraded over the past three years.
Upgrades include new flooring in the casino, renovating the 37,000-square-foot banquet space, adding landscaping and a new spa and updated fitness center.
Tuscany also updated its Italian restaurant, Tuscany Gardens, added PUB 365 and refreshed its popular coffee house, Cafe Bottega. Marilyn’s is the final food and beverage facility yet to be updated, with work to begin sometime this year, Heers said.
The upgrades aren’t finished, either, as Heers has a few more projects planned over the next couple of years.
Tuscany’s marquee is slated to be upgraded to feature a larger, high-definition video board, and a new booking program will make the check-in process more convenient.
Tuscany will unveil an app by the end of the year for people to book rooms and bypass the front desk during check-in. A barcode will be sent to their phone, and they can go straight to their room, guided via GPS. The barcode would serve as their room key and allow them access to the room by scanning it at the door.
“It’s a really big thing for us … I think it takes us to the next step,” Heers said. “The Hilton, Marriott and MGM are doing it now, so we’re trying to stay ahead of the game, and I think it will be a nice feature for our guests.”